Kristy Masten, Ph.D.
Professor of Instruction, Art and Art History
Assistant Director
Art History
Contact
- ART 3.01.13
- Kristy.Masten@utsa.edu
- ART 3.01.13
Bio
Kristy received her MA in Art History in 2008 and her PhD in Interdisciplinary Learning & Teaching in 2020 from UT San Antonio. She has been teaching survey art history courses for over 15 years and now teaches upper-level courses exploring Book Arts and Spanish Art History. Her research interests are diverse and span specific content areas within art history, such as late medieval liturgical furnishing from Catalonia and Aragon, as well as the critical teaching of art history, such as using non-traditional materials such as picturebooks, and within informal environments, such as museums and gallery spaces.
Kristy won the The Graduate School's Outstanding GAR Award for COLFA in 2026 for her work in revising and expanding the Art History Masters Program and continues to mentor and support graduate students. As the Assistant Director for the School of Art, she works alongside Director Libby Rowe to enact innovative programmatic changes and support faculty in their research and teaching enterprise.
Teaching
- Contemporary Art
- Introduction to the Visual Arts
- Survey of Art & Architecture (Prehistory - 1350)
- Survey of Art & Architecture (1350-1750)
- Survey of Modern Art (1750-Present)
Research Interests
- Educational contexts for teaching art history
- Critical analysis of art history curriculum
- Spanish art history
- Picturebooks as art objects
- Museums as spaces for scholarly writing
Degrees
- Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Learning & Teaching, The University of Texas at San Antonio (2020);
- M.A. in Art History, The University of Texas at San Antonio (2008);
- B.A. in Art History, Arizona State University (2004);
- B.S. in Justice Systems, Truman State University (2001)
Honors and Awards
- '2026, The Graduate School, COLFA Outstanding Graduate Advisor of Record Award
- 2012, UT San Antonio Honors Alliance Recognition of Service
Presentations
National-International
2023 Humanities Education Research Association Conference, El Paso, TX
Presentation: Picturebooks reimagined: Maximizing multimodal literacy to tell cultural stories (Co-presenter: Tara Schmidt)
2021 Representations of Violence in Literature, Culture and Arts, Osmaniye Korkut Ata University
Conference (virtual), Istanbul, Turkey
Paper: Reclaiming indigenous security: Responding to narco-violence in Cherán, Mexico
2018 Humanities Education Research Association Conference, Chicago, IL
Paper: Incorporating picturebooks into undergraduate art history and art appreciation courses
2017 American Educational Research Association Conference, San Antonio, TX
Roundtable: Bringing a critical multiculturalist perspective to the art history classroom
2017 Humanities Education Research Association Conference, San Diego, CA
Paper: The art museum: A site for interdisciplinary language learning and academic discourse
2011 International Medieval Meeting of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain
Paper: Processional performance in the gothic Retablo of St. Steven of Gualter
Regional-Local
2025 Texas Association for Schools of Art Annual Conference, Austin, TX
Presentation: Art-art history partnerships: Reflecting on interdisciplinary approaches with
students (co-presenters Justin Boyd and Mark McCoin)
2025 Centro de Artes, City of San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Invited Moderator: Artists Talk for “Borders, Bleeds, Margins, Gutters” exhibition
2021 Texas Association for Schools of Art Annual Conference (virtual), Texas
Presentation: Developing digital stories for online learning
2019 Texas Association for Schools of Art Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX
Paper: A matter of words: Critical content analysis of a Latin American colonial art exhibition
2016 Texas Association for Bilingual Education Annual Conference, Galveston, TX
Presentation: This is a work of art: I can be a reader, artist, and develop my language (co-presenter S. Garcia-Alvarado)
2016 Texas Conference on Digital Libraries, Austin, TX
Poster: “It’s not your typical library:” An evaluation of BiblioTech services (co-presenters S. Garcia-Alvarado, P. Johnson, A. Pickett, T. Sellers, M. Siller, T. Whitlock)
2011 Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies Conference, Tempe, AZ
Paper: Processional performance in the gothic retable of St. Steven of Gualter
2023 Humanities Education Research Association Conference, El Paso, TX
Presentation: Picturebooks reimagined: Maximizing multimodal literacy to tell cultural stories (Co-presenter: Tara Schmidt)
2021 Representations of Violence in Literature, Culture and Arts, Osmaniye Korkut Ata University
Conference (virtual), Istanbul, Turkey
Paper: Reclaiming indigenous security: Responding to narco-violence in Cherán, Mexico
2018 Humanities Education Research Association Conference, Chicago, IL
Paper: Incorporating picturebooks into undergraduate art history and art appreciation courses
2017 American Educational Research Association Conference, San Antonio, TX
Roundtable: Bringing a critical multiculturalist perspective to the art history classroom
2017 Humanities Education Research Association Conference, San Diego, CA
Paper: The art museum: A site for interdisciplinary language learning and academic discourse
2011 International Medieval Meeting of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain
Paper: Processional performance in the gothic Retablo of St. Steven of Gualter
Regional-Local
2025 Texas Association for Schools of Art Annual Conference, Austin, TX
Presentation: Art-art history partnerships: Reflecting on interdisciplinary approaches with
students (co-presenters Justin Boyd and Mark McCoin)
2025 Centro de Artes, City of San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Invited Moderator: Artists Talk for “Borders, Bleeds, Margins, Gutters” exhibition
2021 Texas Association for Schools of Art Annual Conference (virtual), Texas
Presentation: Developing digital stories for online learning
2019 Texas Association for Schools of Art Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX
Paper: A matter of words: Critical content analysis of a Latin American colonial art exhibition
2016 Texas Association for Bilingual Education Annual Conference, Galveston, TX
Presentation: This is a work of art: I can be a reader, artist, and develop my language (co-presenter S. Garcia-Alvarado)
2016 Texas Conference on Digital Libraries, Austin, TX
Poster: “It’s not your typical library:” An evaluation of BiblioTech services (co-presenters S. Garcia-Alvarado, P. Johnson, A. Pickett, T. Sellers, M. Siller, T. Whitlock)
2011 Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies Conference, Tempe, AZ
Paper: Processional performance in the gothic retable of St. Steven of Gualter
Grants, Patents and Clinical Trials
- 2022 University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries Adopt-a-Free Textbook Grant, $1000
- 2021 University of Texas at San Antonio Academic Innovation Teaching & Learning
- Reimagined Award, $15,000 (co-recipients Dr. Sue Hum and Librarian Tara Schmidt)
- 2020 University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries Adopt-a-Free Textbook Grant, $1000
- 2019 University of Texas at San Antonio Online Core Curriculum Grant, $10,000
- 2017 University of Texas at San Antonio Teaching Innovation Grant, $5000
Publications
Book Chapters
Masten, K. (2023). Reclaiming Indigenous security: Responding to violence in Cherán, Mexico. In S. Buran, M. Akşehir, B. Ağır, & N. Köroğlu (Eds.), Shades of Violence: Multidisciplinary Reflections on Violence in Literature, Culture and Arts. London, UK: Transnational Press London Publishing.
Articles
Masten, K., Mobley-Sellers, T., Sailors, M., Pickett, A., Siller, M., Garcia-Alvarado, S., Johnson, P., Whitlock, T. (2019). The first all-digital library space: The effectiveness of BiblioTech’s services for urban youth. The Journal of Research on Libraries and Young Adults, 9(2), 1-21. http://www.yalsa.ala.org/jrlya/
Horowitz, R. & Masten, K. (2017). The art museum: A site for developing second language and academic discourse processes. Journal of Pedagogy, Pluralism, and Practice, Special Issue, 9(1), 149-168. https://digitalcommons.lesley.edu/jppp/
Curated Exhibitions
Masten, K. (2024). Boundless: Storytelling in Texas Book Arts. University of
Texas at San Antonio, Main Art Gallery.
Masten, K. (2007). Creating Context: Words at Work. University of Texas at San Antonio,
Satellite Space Gallery.
